genus Rickettsia

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can cause typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever in humans

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Phylogenetic analysis of members of the genus Rickettsia using the gene encoding the outer-membrane protein rOmpB (ompB).

Tifo Murino: Aspectos clinicos y epidemiologicos

For the present study, retrospective data on bacteria of the genus Rickettsia were compilled from the available literature regarding all countries in Latin America, and Caribean.

Rickettsiosis en America Latina, el Caribe, Espana y Portugal

Ancestral divergence of Rickettsia bellii from the spotted fever and typhus groups of Rickettsia and antiquity of the genus Rickettsia.

Aislamiento de Rickettsia bellii a partir de garrapatas Amblyomma ovale y Amblyomma incisum procedentes del Sur de Brasil

To the Editor: Rickettsia raoultii is an obligate intracellular gramnegative bacterium belonging to the spotted fever group (SFG) of the genus Rickettsia.

Rickettsia raoultii-like bacteria in Dermacentor spp. ticks, Tibet, China

To the Editor: Members of the genus Rickettsia have garnered much attention worldwide in recent years with the emergence of newly recognized rickettsioses.

Rickettsia felis infections, New Zealand

Comparisons were also made with 16S rRNA sequences from 2 leech-associated forms placed within the genus Rickettsia (13,14), and with taxa from genus Neorickettsia, a group of obligate intracellular forms placed within the Ehrlichiaceae that have been isolated from trematodes.

tsutsugamushi and the genus Rickettsia by using primers that targeted a portion of the groEL gene because of its higher power of differentiation between closely related taxa.

Endemic scrub typhus-like illness, Chile

Bacterial diversity in Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) with a focus on members of the genus Rickettsia.

Rickettsia rickettsii transmission by a lone star tick, North Carolina

Spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses are caused by obligate intracellular gram-negative bacteria of the genus Rickettsia and are transmitted by hematophagous arthropods, mainly ticks.

Emergence of Rickettsia africae, Oceania

Diversity of genus Rickettsia detected from ticks in Japan.

Spotted fever group Rickettsia sp. closely related to R. japonica, Thailand

All 70 tick samples that tested positive for the genus Rickettsia were subjected to amplification with primers specific for the ompA gene.

Though the pathogenicity of the newly recognized species of the genus Rickettsia has not yet been proven definitively, it is prudent for clinicians in Poland and other European countries to be alert to possible appearances of infections caused by these pathogens.

Rickettsia spp. in ticks, Poland

To the Editor: The genus Rickettsia consists of obligate intracellular bacteria that cause spotted fever and typhus fever; these bacteria are usually transmitted by an arthropod vector.

Rickettsia sp. in Ixodes granulatus ticks, Japan

Rickettsia felis is a member of the genus Rickettsia, which comprises intracellular pathogens that produce infections commonly called rickettsioses.

Rickettsia felis as emergent global threat for humans

Tick-borne rickettsioses are infections caused by obligate intracellular gram-negative bacteria of the spotted fever group (SFG) in the genus Rickettsia and the order Rickettsiales.

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